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from Suisnn and San Pablo Bays. They not only guard the entrance of 

 San Francisco Bay, but are found at the entrance of Monterey, Bolenas, 

 Point Arena, Tomales, and Shoalwater Bays. This and former Commis- 

 sions, and the public press, have repeatedly invoked legislative action to 

 prevent the immense destruction of fish constantly going on and increas- 

 ing by these worthless animals. It is highly important to our citizens to 

 have the food of which they are so deprived, and in their behalf remedial 

 legislation is again urgently demanded. 



THE SACRAMENTO RIVER. 



The Sacramento, the largest river in the State, runs from north to south 

 through the counties of Modoc, Lassen, Shasta, Tehama, Butte, Colusa, 

 Sutter, Yolo, Sacramento, and Solano, a distance of nearly five hundred 

 miles. It has its origin from the springs and melting snows of the moun- 

 tains, and, as it drains an immense area during protracted and heavy 

 rains, it overflows its banks and floods a large area of lowlands along the 

 lower part of its course. The river is a pure, clear stream above the mouth 

 of the Feather, but below that point it is heavily charged with detritus from 

 the mining districts, the streams flowing from which are tributary to the 

 Feather. The water in the mountains is cold, while in the lower reaches 

 during the Summer months it gets quite warm, reaching at times a tem- 

 perature of eighty degrees. 



COMPARATIVE TEMPERATURE OF THE RIVER. 



Below is given the temperature of the water in the Sacramento River 

 at Sacramento, taken at 4 o'clock p. m. daily, by Thomas Evans, day 

 watchman of the Central Pacific Railroad, for'the Fish Commission, from 

 September 15, 1885, to September 15, 1886: 



September 15,1885 72 



September l(i, 1885 72 



September 17, 1885 71 



September 18, 1885 71 



September 19, 1885 71 



September 20, 1885 72 



September 21, 1885 73 



September 22, 1885 73 



September 23, 1885. 71 



September 24, 1885 70 



September 25, 1885 70 



September 20, 1885 69 



September 27, 1885 r,9 



September 28, 1885 69 



September 29, 1885... 68 



September .30, 1885 68 



October 1, 1885 68 



October 2, 1885 ...69 



October 3, 1885 70 



October 4, 1885 70 



October 5, 1885 70 



October 6, 1885 68 



October 7, 1885 67 



October 8, 1885 67 



October 9, 1885 60 



October 10, 1885.... 66 



October 11, 1885 66 



October 12, 1885. 64 



October 13, 1885 64 



October 14, 1885 63 



October 15, 1885 63 



October 16, 1885 ...63 



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October 17, 1885.. _62 degrees. 



October 18, 1885 63 degrees. 



October 19, 1885 63 degrees. 



October 20, 1885 .62 degrees. 



October 21, 1885.. 61 degrees. 



October 22, 1885 ..-61 degrees. 



October 23, 1885 61 degrees. 



October 24, 1885 61 degrees. 



October 25, 1885. 61 degrees. 



October 26, 1885 .61 degrees. 



October 27, 1885 61 degrees. 



October 28, 1885 61 degrees. 



October 29, 1885 61 degrees. 



October 30, 1885 ..61 degrees. 



October 31, 1885 61 degrees. 



Novendjer 1, 1885 ..60 degrees. 



November 2, 1885 59 degrees. 



NovendDcr 3, 1885 58 degrees. 



November 4, 1885 50 degrees. 



November 5, 1885 55 degrees. 



November 6, 18S5 54 degrees. 



November 7, 1885 54 degrees. 



November 8, 1885 56 degrees. 



November 9, 1885. 54 degrees. 



November 10, 1885 53 degrees. 



November 11, 1885. 52 degrees. 



November 12,1885 52 degrees. 



November 13, 1885 51 degrees. 



November 14, 1885 51 degrees. 



November 1.5, 1885 51 degrees. 



November 16, 1885 51 degrees. 



November 17, 1885.. 52 degrees. 



